Oil Denies Signing a Contract with Channel 7
Source: Bangkok Biz News – Entertainment Section, February 10, 2006
Translated by Noiki
Even though he’s not bounded by the channel, Oil Thana Suthikamol is still receiving a good number of jobs that are comparable to the pra’eks contracted under Channel 7.
With “Kaen Lum Kong� continually receiving rave reviews, we spoke with Oil about signing a contract with Channel 7, he told us that:
“Channel 7 offered me and Lift (Supoj Junjareun) contracts to sign together. I’ve already declined the offer, because Lift isn’t ready to sign yet, and if my friend isn’t ready then I won’t sign either, there’s nothing more. I don’t think there will be any problems with my work because if I behave well, do good work, and make profits for the company, then they’ll most likely hire me to keep working for them.�
“As for the question of whether I’ll cross over to play for other channels, truthfully there have been some offers that came my way. However, since Channel 7 has given me this opportunity to work, I should respect them and be considerate also. Even though I don’t have a contract with them, I’m still lucky to have jobs continually coming in.
At this point I’ve fallen in love with acting. I’m not without work, they’ve given me work and I’ve done it to the best of my abilities. Actually, not being contracted by a particular company is easier that I thought it would be. Before, the company would take care of everything. I didn’t understand a lot of things like why I couldn’t stray from the company or why I couldn’t have a girlfriend. Now I realize that the company is like an owner of a product, they have to take care of the image, so that there aren’t any scandals. It’s normal.�